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Symtopia.com is a new site that from Simon Judge which lists S60 3rd Edition and UIQ 3.0 (Symbian 9.1) applications. All applications are native C++ with no Java listings.If you are a developer you can have your application listed on the website with an easy one click Add Link button located on the site.There are a whole lot of freeware applications all searchable by category.

In Simon’s words these are the main reasons he put up Symtopia:

Here are my general impressions having visited the various developer web sites, forums and existing (mainly Handango-based) directories…

The 80/20 principle seems to apply. There are a few developers producing large numbers of titles. Prior to Symbian 9.1 there were many more developers each producing fewer titles. Maybe the developers producing the large number of titles were those who previously made a good profit pre- Symbian 9.1.

There is approximately three times as many S60 applications as UIQ applications. This might be explained by the fact that UIQ 3.0 devices and SDKs trailed S60 by about a month. However, I still can’t envisage the number of UIQ 3.0 reaching the same as S60 (now) in a months time.

There’s evidence of developers stalling during development (e.g. FExplorer, Papyrus, Blackballer) due to complexities of platform security.

There are some instances of end-users automatically assuming older (pre-Symbian 9.1) software will run on Symbian 9.1 devices leading to consumer frustration.

MyMobileClips is a free service that gives the user the option of converting Google Video / YouTube files to 3gp directly over the net. You can also give it a direct link to any link on the web or upload a video from your computer.It gives you 2 template sizes Large – 176 x 144 which is for Series60 (S60) devices and a Small – 128 x 96. You type in a password and thats it.

To upload a Google or Youtube Video:1. You get the url from google video or you tube.2. You go to the correct upload section3. Paste the url to the video in the box, and click upload.4. Check back in a few minutes and your video should be done.

You video link will be available for download 24 hours from conversion.

The videos you upload have a 50MB size limit, but for a free service it works great.

Like this:

Hubdog combines a streamlined RSS reader, a podcast player, a unique media search engine, and channels that can be shared among community members.Hubdog is the first social media news aggregator for pocket pc and desktop PC. It allows you to download news, radio, music and video podcasts, blogs and any RSS feed onto your pocket pc so you can read, listen or watch it at the time and place that best suits you. Best of all it is for free.

Mobile games are the new way of getting people off the couch, out of the house and out for some fun these days. With technologies like bluetooth, GPS, GRPS, 3G, 4G, cameraphones, smartphones, Symbian, Flash Lite, etc., becoming the norm , game developers are coming up with great game ideas and implementing them. With GPS and mobile phones paired together street games has become a reality. Check out “Come Out & Play Festival” which will take place in New York City from September 22nd to 24th for a list of mobile games that are available.The details for the mobile games are Insider, snagu, Crossroads, Spy Text, Sleuth!, The Go Game, Conquer The Quarter, Manhattan Story Mashup.

PayPal has expanded its Text 2 Buy service in the UK to include magazine subscriptions and consumer electronics. The rationale is that: “Readers will always have a mobile close by when they’re leafing through a magazine, and the phone can immediately connect the printed page to the wider digital universe in a very personal way,” said Andy Schachtel, president of Mowave. “This service is an important step in introducing consumers to the potential of mobile commerce.”

Flash Lite adoption is growing at a very rapid rate. It is most probably because it is so easy to code for and there are so many Flash designers/developers out there today that have now found a new media outlet – mobile phone users. So watch out Symbian (C++) and Java Micro Edition (JavaME,J2ME) you have a new contender in the arena.

QR Codes are a matrix code (or two-dimensional bar code) used to store information which is more effiect than the traditional bar codes that we are used to. McDonald’s Japan is now printing QR codes on all its food packaging so you’ll know exactly what you’re eating (if you want to know, that is). To read the info, you simply scan the QR code with your cellphone camera, which should automagically recognize it and direct you to a mobile website with the lowdown on the contents of your McFood, including any potential allergy warnings. For the two people in Japan that don’t have a camera-equipped cellphone, McDonald’s is also printing conveniently short URLs for the corresponding mobile website. Of course, all this info only is really more of a curiosity, since you’ve likely already bought the food by the time you’re snapping pics of it with your cameraphone.You can generate a QR code for your website, phone number, text or sms message Kaywa QR-Code Generator.

Symbian OS software developers cellphonesoft has just released Swiss Manager, a composite system utility for UIQ3. It provides task manager, file manager and system information services, giving you more access to and more knowledge about your phone.

Swiss Manager is an essential addition to your UIQ3 device which features:

In order to enter theses codes, the phone must be in the idle screen not in any of the menu screens. The idle screen is where you see the operator name, date, time, battery level, signal strength.*#2820# (*#BTA0#) – Displays the Bluetooth device address of your phone.

*#62209526# (*#MAC0WLAN) – Displays the MAC address of the WLAN (wireless lan) adapter. This is available only in the newer devices that support WLAN.

*#7370# (*#RES0#)- Resets your phone to the default factory settings. Usually you will need this code when you want to reset your phone back to the same condition when you got it for the first time. When the phone ask for security code, the default one is 12345 unless you have specified one yourself.

Warning: Before you do reset the phone, make sure that you don’t have important data and that you know the security code for your phone. Your data on the phone memory will be lost once you reset it.

*#7780# (*#rst0*) – This will soft reset your phone. It is different from *#7370# because all data, like contacts, calendar and notes, are not removed. It will only reset the phone settings, such as profiles, themes and shortcuts. The default lock code is 12345.

*#92702689# (*#war0anty#) – Display the life timer information of your S60 phone, i.e. the total time of phone call in minutes.

Another key combination which is used to hard reset the phone similar to #*7370 which can when the phone cannot reboot. Switch off the phone then press and hold Call key (Green key) + * key + 3 key + power button for a couple of seconds.